DOL to Hire 100 New Investigators; Is Your company Prepared for a Davis-Bacon Audit?
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February 25, 2022
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Emilie Shumway, Construction Dive
The U.S. Department of Labor will add 100 investigators to support its Wage and Hour Division, the agency announced earlier this month.
DOL's hiring push for wage and hour investigators, along with its promise of "significantly more hiring" to come, signals the agency's intensifying focus on employers' violations of wage and hour laws.
The move aligns with the Biden administration's demonstrated interest in workers' rights, which has taken shape in several ways, including the selection of former union official Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor and the issuance of an executive order last April that required a minimum wage of $15 per hour for federal contractors.